Thimble holder and exhibitor



`(No Model.)

E; P. HAF?.

THIMBLB HOLDERy ANB EXHIBITOR. No. 247,249. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. HAFF, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

THIMBLE HOLDER AND EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,249, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed August 4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD l?. HAFF, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Ihiinble Holders and Exhibitors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters of ret-Y erence marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding thimbles, either with a view to their exhibition merely or to their exhibition and transportation.

It consists, primarily, in a sheet-metal strip secured to a base, and having spring-projections on which the thimbles are held; and, secondarily, in the combination, with such strip and base, of a surrounding case, whereby the thimbles are both conveniently exhibited and also securely held in place and protected in transportation.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my entire invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the metal plate and the base to which it is secured. Fig. 3 is a section ofthe metal plate and base, taken centrally and longitudinally of the former.

A is a case inclosed in all but one vertical side, and having its top o of glass.

B is a drawer or slide, the horizontal part of which, B', runs into the case A,near the bottom, being preferably guided in grooves or by other customary ineanstor the purpose, and the vertical part of which b closes the open end of the case when the slide B is thrust inward.

Gis a strip cut from springy sheet metal, having tan gs c struck therefrom, one at about an inch from each end,for fastenin gs bywhich to secure the metal strip to a base. Such a base is here represented at b, which may consist of a sheet of tar-board or heavy paper hoard, bhavin g a velvetcovering,b3, and which is a little wider than the length of the strip C, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The base is of any desired length, and a series of strips, O, are secured thereto transversely, as shown in Fig. l. The strip C has other projections, c c, struck therefrom, which stand in pairs at a proper distance apart, to receive a thiinble over each pair, as plainly indicated in Figs. l and 3. The ends C of the strip (l are upturned, to allow a thimble to be readily thrust over the same; bntjust back of the ends said strip bears downward moderately upon the thimble, and holds.

it against the base. The tangso c are also preferably bent to spring outward against the inner walls of the thimble, so as to hold each one more securely, and all in more perfectly regular order. Any number of pairs of projections, c, may be provided in a single strip, C. Two on each strip are here shown, so that each strip holds four thimbles.

In combining the strip O and its base b with the case A B the base bis fastened in any suitable inanner to the slide Bf, and the top and sides of the caseA are arranged to proximate the thimbles, so as to prevent their displacement from the holding-strip C when they are turned in various directions in shipment. This case, so contrived, therefore perfectly obviates the use of packing paper or cotton about the thimbles, as used in other packages for these articles, and having a glass top, a', as soon as said case is itself unwrapped it presents a perfect show-caseof thimbles arranged and secured in perfect order, ready for instant exhibition.

The holding-strips (l may obviously be secured directly to the slide B', which, in that case, becomes their base, or the holding-tangs c may be struck up from any continuous plate of any desired size, which would in that case constitute a connecting-base. rIhe construction shown, wherein the ends of the strips C are free, and receive the thimbles horizontally, while the tongs c receive other thimbles vertically, has the advantage of presenting to the eye an assortment of sizes in all their several dimensions of proportions simultaneously, so that it is unnecessary to remove the thimbles from the case for inspection.

I'claiin as my invention 1. A thimbleholder consisting of a plate lof sheet metal, having projections c c struck out therefrom, and bent up in pairs to receive the thimbles, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a base, b, the sheetmetal strip C, having its extremities free, and

provided with one or more pairs of projections, c c, to receive and hold the thimbles in both horizontal and vertical positions, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a slide, B, having projectionsthereon,forholdingthimblesinboth horizontal and vertical positions, as shown, the case A, having its top and sides in near relation to the thimbles, whereby all of the thimbles are retained upon the projections when the case being closed is turned in various p0- sitions, substantially as described.

4. The case A, open at one end, and having the glass top a', the slide B, having the horizontal part B and vertical part b', and the metal plate C, having projections thereon-for holding thinlbles, constructed and combined to form a case and holder for the exhibition and transportation of thimbles, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD I?. HAFF.

Vitncsses:

M. E. DAYTON, GUsTAvE DETTLOFF. 

